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Congratulations 2013 Tempe South Champions

Congratulations to coach Jonathan Bodow and his 2013 Majors Champion Mariners. The Mariners defeated the top seeded Yankees in back to back games. It was a thrilling double header and both coaches and parents should be proud of all the participants as it was a clean, hard fought game on both sides.

Congratulations to John Bistany and his 2013 Minors Champion White Sox. The White Sox won a close and thrilling game against the stalwart Nationals. It was another quality match up and both coaches and players exemplified the best in youth sports competition by competing with composure and compassion.

Congratulations to all the 2013 Finalists.

Treasurer Volunteer!

Eric Olson has stepped forward to volunteer as Treasurer. Treasurer is an elected position, so Eric will serve as interim Treasurer selected by the President until he is formally voted into office. If anyone else is interested in the position, it is an open election, you simply have to notify a board member of your intent to run.

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Little league Minors Championship Game.

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The Mighty White Sox take on the pesky Nationals.

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More Summer Baseball Opportunities

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We have had requests and have decided to run our first ever USSSA SUMMER LEAGUE for teams 9U thru 14U.

The league will begin the week of July 8th and run for 5 weeks. This will include 4 weeks of double headers and playoff night.

All games will be held at Big League Dreams in Gilbert and will begin play at 6:00 pm.

To register your team please go to www.arizonausssa.com and click on “league play”. A deposit of $300 will secure your spot in the league. $200 more will be due at the first of the league and the final $200 is due half way through the league totaling $700.

You can send your deposit to the following address;

Arizona USSSA
1140 S. 124th St.
Chandler, AZ 85286

If you have any questions;

Deb Bell

League Coordinator

usssabb@cox.net

480-586-4273

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Team USA NTIS Try Outs

The National Team Identification Series (NTIS) will be held this year in Arizona.  This year for the first time there will be and 11U/12U team.

17u/16u/14u NTIS Tryout

Time: Thursday May 30th from 2 pm to 3:30 pm report to Padre #7 Sunday June 2nd from 9 am to 10:30 am report to Padre #7

*Where: *Peoria Sports Complex (Padres Practice Fields #4, #5 and #7 infield only)

The tryout will consist of BP in the cages and infield/outfield done on the short field. You can either participate in Thursdays or Sundays tryout. Pitcher only will need to email Justin@mountainwestbaseball.com the time you will be pitching during the tournament.

Cost: $125 must register online at http://www.southwestntis.com

11u/12u NTIS Tryout

Time: Thursday May 30th Check in 9:15 to 9:45 tryout will be 10am to 1 pm report to Padre #7

Where: Peoria Sports Complex (Padres Practice Fields #4, #5 and #7 infield only)

It will be a pro-style tryout. From this tryout, 20 to 24 players will be selected and held over to participate in a scrimmage game at Rio Vista Sports Complex.

1:30 – Players report to Rio Vista
2pm to 5pm – Scrimmage game

Cost: $125 must register online at www.southwestntis.com

11u/12u players may be selected to represent the USA in 12U World Championships July 18th to 28th in Taipei City, Chinese Taipei.

Players will be selected to play in the NTIS Tournament in Cary, NC. 17u and 16u tournament is August 23rd –26th. 14u tournament is September 6th–9th. The Announcement of the players selected will be shortly after our Regional tournament in Provo, UT July 31st-Aug. 3rd. For additional information please email us at Justin@mountainwestbaseball.com.

To register online go to www.southwestntis.com questions call 1–801–633–9577

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So you want to keep playing baseball

Little league is coming to an end and there are many players who are interested in continuing to play but they don’t know where to go next. At the present time Tempe South Little League does not have the facilities to offer year round baseball. With our renewed partnership with the City there maybe fall and winter baseball in our future, but for the fall of 2013 here are the options I know of:

1. Summer Camps at Arizona World of Baseball
2. Club Baseball
3. Chandler Youth Baseball (Pony Baseball)
4. East Valley Baseball
5. NYS

I will walk through each opportunity and share a bit of what I know.  Click below to keep reading.

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Tempe South Day at ASU

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Friday, May 3, 2013 at 7:00PM

Sun Devil Baseball Is proud to partner with the Tempe South Little League again.  Any child wearing their uniform to the game will get an exclusive chance to meet the Sun Devil Baseball Team!

To order, click here and enter promo code: TEMPELL

Come watch the Sun Devils take it to the Stanford Cardinal.

For additional questions, contact Aaron Ostrovsky at 480-727-3536 or Email Aaron.ostrovskey@asu.edu.

 

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Fields will be available tomorrow

Jonathan Bodow wanted me to pass along that field reservations for the week of Apr-29 will be available Monday Apr-22nd at noon.

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TSLL 2013 PHnR Champions

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Age 7/8
All-Around Champion: Derrick Mitchell, 566 points (Blue Jays-minors)
Pitch Champion: Noah Gutierrez – 3 strikes and 225 points (Yankees AAA)
Hit Champion: – Kevin Hoffmaster – 126′ and 252 points
Run Champion: Derrick Mitchell – 8.53 sec and 297 points (Blue Jays-minors)

Age 9/10
All-Around Champion: Theo Lelakowski -686 points(Nationals-minors)
Pitch Champion: Sathya Narayanan – 5 strikes and 375 points (Athletics AAA)
Pitch Champion: Levi Graham – 5 strikes and 375points (Blue Jays-minors)
Hit Champion: Gabe Olson -116′ and 232 points (White Sox-minors)
Run Champion: Alex Rafalski – 8.18 sec and 332 points (Twins-minors)

Age 11/12
All-Around Champion: Sean Rafford-882 points (Mets)
Pitch Champion: Denisse Bustamante – 5 strikes and 375 points (Mariners)
Pitch Champion: Sean Rafford – 5 strikes and 375 points (Mets)
Pitch Champion: Andrew Yancik – 5 strikes and 375 points (Cubs)
Hit Champion: Tyler Flynn- 197′ and 394 points (Cubs)
Run Champion: Eric Oden – 7.87 sec and 363 points

Age 13/14
All-Around Champion: Matt Novis – 1149 points
Pitch Champion: Erik Weidner – 6 strikes and 450 points
Hit Champion: Matt Novis – 220′ and 440 points
Run Champion: Matt Novis – 7.41 sec and 409 points

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Diamondbacks Day!

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This Sunday is Little league day at Chase field. Over 900 people from Tempe South will attend. Make your Tempe South signs and show your pride! Go DBacks.

PARADE DAY GROUND RULES
1:10pm Start Time, 2013 Season

11:00am: Gates to Chase Field Open

11:45am: All participants should report together to section 110 on the right field side of the main concourse. Exit through Gate J to line up. Please locate your organization’s name (signs will be posted) and begin lining up with your team.

Parents and family members and any non-participating children will not be permitted on the field. Parents may watch from the concourse.

12:00pm: Participants will be directed to the field where they will parade towards left field on the outfield warning track.

Participants must stay on the warning track, and off grass at all times. Please do not ask for autographs. It is a privilege to be on the field. Be respectful.

As participants reach the left field line, they will begin exiting the field through the gates at Sections 132, 133, & 134. Parents should wait on the main concourse to meet their children.

Wheelchair accessibility exiting will be back to the right field corner, where they originally entered the field.

Due to th
e large volume of participants, we will attempt to clear the field prior to the National Anthem. If the Anthem does begin during exiting, everyone must stop in observance until the end of the performance.

Participants should have their own tickets and know where their seats are located.

Contact
Kristen Leetz
Arizona Diamondbacks
(602) 462-4243
kleetz@dbacks.com

 

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Even the Pros Get It Wrong Occassionally


The one caution I would make here is using a professional manager as a role model here. In little league it is never okay to come out of the dug out the way the Tampa Bay Manager does. Yes this is a horrible call, but remember, these umps are the best umps baseball can find and even they will make a bad call. So we shouldn’t be so hard on our local guys, and especially the kids.

Because guess what changed after Joe Madden had his temper tantrum?

Absolutely nothing.

The call stands.

Save yourself the heart burn and instead of focusing on the bad call, be grateful for every good call that is made. Because even the best get it wrong every now and then.

Earl Weaver said, “If you took away errors and umpires no one would watch the game.”

– Scott

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